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ravishment

[ rav-ish-muhnt ]

noun

  1. rapture or ecstasy.
  2. violent removal.
  3. the forcible abduction of a woman.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ravishment1

1470–80; < Middle French ravissement, equivalent to raviss- ( ravish ) + -ment -ment
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There are moments when these ravishments come close to the touristic, though this is attenuated by the filmmakers’ unexpected use of the boxy Academy ratio.

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There is a white image magic that feeds humanism and infuses art with healthy Dionysian passion, and there is a black image magic that causes us to surrender reason to ravishments of our own fixations.

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Close to my heart I felt the presence of the long-sought, now-discovered glory; and its ravishments thrilled into me with all their power.

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What though our friend Dana shall twang a guitar And murmur a passionate strain— Oh, fairer by far Than these ravishments are The castles abounding in Spain!

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On the sensuous beauty of the world she spent the chaste ravishments of her virginal heart.

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